Local History

Host and archivist Haley Frizzle-Green celebrates National Women's History Month with a spotlight on the founding of the Missouri League of Women Voters and a Joplin woman who helped make it happen.

Host and archivist Haley Frizzle-Green talks about a recent oral history project preserving African American history in the Ozarks.

Host and archivist Haley Frizzle-Green looks at photos of historic storms in Phelps County from the James Memorial Public Library Photograph Collection.

Host and archivist Haley Frizzle-Green looks at copies of The Dial and explores some Ozarks radio history.

Host and archivist Haley Frizzle-Green looks at the Donald Whitman Collection and the part a young man from the Ozarks played in one of the most significant events in history.

Host and archivist Haley Frizzle-Green looks at the Renshaw and McLin Family Papers and photos from Mount Zion Presbyterian Church and Cave Spring School.

Host and archivist Haley Frizzle-Green looks at the Parnell Family Collection of early Taney County history, and photos from the fire that ravaged early Branson.

The latest marker in the Springfield-Greene County African-American Heritage Trail honors the life and memory of Walls. She was denied entry to the University in 1950 because of the color of her skin.

In the 1940s, Herman “Doc” Horn went on to play professional baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs. With the majors desegregated, he might have followed in Jackie Robinson's footsteps, but his duty to his country changed that path.

The program by retired Missouri S&T professor, Larry Gragg, will be held on February 27 at the West Plains library.